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H. J'. "GETMAN, BICYCLE ATTACHMENT.

Patented Nov. 26, 1895.

WITNESSES:

' ATTORNEYS.

ANDREW BJIRANAM. PHUTOUTNQWASNINGI'ONJ C UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

HARRY J. GETMAN, OF TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOHENRY A. LEDERLE, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,501, dated November26, 1895. Application filed July 3, 1895. Serial No. 554,865. (110,model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY J. GETMAN, of

Traverse City, in the county of Grand Traverse and State of Michigan,have invented a new and Improved Bicycle Attachment, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. This inventionrelates to an improved attachment for bicycles whereby persons inaddition to the propelling rider may be seated and ride on the machine;and the main object is to provide a device which will facilitate thecarrying of women and which will hold their skirts out of contact andentanglement with the wheels.

To this end the invention consists, essentially, in an elongated clip orframe adapted to be secured to the bicycle-frame and having a seat andskirt-support attached thereto and arranged so that a person may beseated on these parts, and when so arranged will be properly balanced,thereby preventing the breakage of any of the parts from undue torsionalstrain.

My invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and finallyembodied in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bicycle to which my improvements areshown as ap-' plied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the invention, showing it detached from thebicycle.

My improved attachment consists of an elongated clip-frame composed oftwo parallel rods at, having their front ends rigidly joined by anelongated block b, which is firmly fastened between them by bolting orotherwise and provided at their rear ends with a bolt 0, which furtherassists in holding the two parts in rigid connection. The bars or rods aare arranged one on each side of the vertical parts of the bicycle-frameand securely fastened thereon by means of the bolt 0, the front portionsof the bars just rearward of the block I) being rested on the collar 01of the bicycle-frame, as Fig. 1 shows.

Seated in the block band held securely in place by a bolt 6 is the rodf, which rises above the block and which has the seat g, mounted uponits transversely-bent upper portion. This seat g, as well as the bentupper end of the rod f, is extended outwardly to the right side of themachine and forwardly at an angle of about forty-five degrees, as bestshown by Fig. 2.

Bolted rigidly to the side of the clip-frame, which is opposite the sideover which the seat 9 projects, is the skirt or leg support 71., whichis composed of a framework of metallic rods, over which the wire gauzeor nettingc'is spread and to which such gauze or netting is secured.This support h is extended rearward and outwardly from the left-handside of the machine in approximate alignment with the seat g, and curvesdownwardly from the clip-frame, so as to conveniently support the legsof the person rested on seat 9 and prevent the skirts of such personfrom contact with the wheel of the bicycle.

It will be seen that by means of this attachment persons may be readilycarried on the bicycle, and that their seat will be easy andcomfortable, at the same time safe to both riders. It will be furtherobvious that owing to the equal balance of the additional riders weightno torsional strain will be exerted on the parts, and hence theliability of breaking or bending them is reduced to the minimum.

It will be observed that the block b-may be dispensed with, and theclip-frame a, formed by bending an integral'bar into the shape of anelongated U and arranging it so that the bent portion will embrace theframe just above the collar d.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A bicycle attachment, consisting of two clip barsprovided with means whereby they may be bolted one at each side of thebicycle frame, a rod secured to the'front of the clip bars and risingtherefrom, a seat secured to the bar and extended transversely, and askirt and leg support secured to the clip-bars and projectingtransversely and oppositely from the seat, substantially as described.

2. A bicycle attachment consisting of two clip bars provided with meanswhereby they may be secured one at each side of the bicycle frame, aseat projected transversely from the front end of the clip bars, and askirt and leg support projected transversely from the same end of thebars and oppositely to the seat, substantially as described.

A bicycle attachment, consisting of two clip bars provided With meanswhereby they may be bolted one on each side of the bicycle frame, ablock secured between the front ends of the bars, a rod rising from saidblock, a

seat secured to the rod and extended transversely, and a skirt and legsupport secured to one rod and projecting transversely oppositely fromthe seat, substantially as described.

4. A bicycle attachment, consisting of a clip bar capable of beingsecured longitudinally with the bicycle frame, a seat secured to theclip bar and projecting transversely therefrom, and a skirt and legsupport also secured to the bar and projecting transversely andoppositely from the seat, substantially as described.

HARRY J. GETMAN. Witnesses:

A. J. HILLIKER, J ENNIE GETMAN.

